Estimating the demand for organic foods by consumers at farmers' markets in Northwest Arkansas

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-208

  Crandall, Philip G ^a   Friedly, Eric C ^a,b   Patton, Martin ^a   O'Bryan, Corliss A ^a   Gurubaramurugeshan, Arun ^a   Seideman, Steve A ^a   Ricke, Steven C ^a   Rainey, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Land O'Frost Searcy   (United States)

^c and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

All natural; Arkansas; Consumer demand; Farmers' markets; Organic foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955135275     PISSN: 10496505     EISSN: 15404722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2010.491999     Document Type: Article

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